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Zinedine Yazid Zidane, commonly known as Zinedine Zidane or “Zizou”, is a former French professional midfielder and current manager of Real Madrid. He marked an era in world football with his elegance and technical skills.

He played for French national team and a few football clubs including Cannes, Bordeaux, Juventus and Real Madrid. As an elite playmaker, Zidane was renowned for his elegance, vision, ball control and technique. He helped these clubs win UEFA Champions League, La Liga, Serie A and so on. He has got three the Best FIFA Men’s Player awards and Ballon d’Or award.

From 1994 to 2006, Zidane played three World Cups and three European Football Championships for his country. French national team won the title of the 1998 FIFA World Cup and the 2000 European Football Championship.

Zidane was named the best European footballer of the past 50 years in the UEFA Golden Jubilee Poll in 2004. He is widely regarded as one of the best players in the world.

This legendary footballer played his the 100th game at Stade de France and then announced his retirement as a player. Stade de France is the home stadium of French national team with a capacity of 81,338 making it the sixth-largest stadium in Europe. The stadium was built for 1998 France FIFA World Cup and France won the World Cup for the first time in this year, which was a big success for whole France.

As a manager of Real Madrid, he helped the club win European Football Championship, UEFA Super Cup, FIFA Club World Cup and so on. In 2007, he got The Best FIFA Men’s Coach award.

Sergio Ramos García is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Real Madrid and Spain national team as a defender. He is the captain of both the club and the national team.

On 6 February 2018, Ramos posted a photo with his son on a snowy day on his personal Instagram. He looked like a kid, too. Fans must like this lovely footballer.

Ramos is a hard-working and talented player on football fields. He helped Real Madrid get two successive titles of La Liga in 2006-07 and 2007-08 seasons where Ramos appeared 65 times and scored totally 10 goals. Additionally, Real Madrid got its first champion of UEFA Champions League after 12 years in 2014 because of Ramos’s good performance. The successful club got the title of FIFA Club World Cup in December 2014, too.

On 17 August 2015, Ramos signed a new five-year contract with Real Madrid. He would continue to play for the club although Manchester United tried to purchase him.

The excellent footballer also has made a contribution to his country. Spain’s U-19 team got the champion of European Football Championship in 2004 with the help of him. Spain national team also won 2010 World Cup.

Ramos started playing football at the age of seven. He began his football career at local Sevilla FC in 1996. Ramos became the top player in 2003. One year later, he appeared in 41 games in 2004-2005 season and qualified to the UEFA Cup. His talent in football and good performance had attracted Real Madrid’s attention, the mighty football club in the world. David Beckham and Cristiano Ronaldo have played for the club.

Oliver Bierhoff, one of the football players who take a long time to get well-known to everyone, is a former forward and the captain of Germany national team.

As a large and prolific striker, Bierhoff is both strong and powerful, who plays mainly as a target man in the centre-forward role. Known for his aerial ability, he is able to execute headers with extreme precision, having scored several critical goals in the air throughout his career, for both club and country.

When Rudi Völler and Jürgen Klinsmann showed their talents and skills in football fields, Bierhoff was just a common person. After Rudi Völler hung up his boots, Bierhoff became the new partner of Jürgen Klinsmann, then he had the chance to play for national team and show him perfectly.

It was the first time that he had put on Germany football shirt and played in 1996 UEFA European Championship as a substitute. However, to everyone’s surprise, he scored and helped his team catch up with Czech national team. Finally, he shot the ball, which made Germany national team become the champion. Therefore, he became a hero of Germans.

After two years, Bierhoff became the Serie A top scorer when he was 30 years old. At the same time, he became the captain of the Germany national team. In 2003, 36-year-old Bierhoff announced his retirement.

Bierhoff wrote the wonderful chapter for his life. Although he was 28 years old when he was playing for Germany national team, and he just played 6 years, Bierhoff had 35 shoots and ranked 6th among excellent players. Besides, he, appointed as the captain of the national team, participated in World Cup two times and scored four goals totally. He once won a World Cup runner-up.

Since the introduction of football in Netherlands from the 19th century, the football has became the most popular sport in Netherlands. Dutch football is famous for the Netherlands national football team dressing in orangeDutch football shirts. There are many well-known football stars in the history of Netherlands football. Johan Cruyff is one of these excellent footballers.

He was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands on Apr. 25, 1947. In 1971, 1973 and 1974, Johan Cruyff won the Ballon d’Or for three times acted as a player. For his extraordinary performance and great achievements, he is regarded as one of the most famous footballers in the history of Netherlands football. The Netherlands national football team has grown into the competent football team in the 1970s. Under the leading of Cruyff, Netherlands squad entered into the final of the 974 FIFA World Cup, achieving the Golden Ball as a player. He is the inventor of the “Cruyff Turn” – a feint in the sports activities, which is a move used often in modern football.

Xavier was born in Terrassa, Spain on Jan. 25, 1980. As a Spanish professional football player, he act as the central midfielder for a club. He grew from the Barcelona youth academy — La Masia aged 11. In 1998, he participated in an important competition for his playing career. From then on, he participated in 700 competitions and won 82 goals. Although with great talents, the great success is a critical factor contributing to his perfect performance on football fields.

Due to his good personality and team spirit, Xavi is regarded as the demonstration of the tiki-taka passing style, and is regarded as one of the greatest central midfielders. In 1999 and 2000, Xavi won the U20 World Cup and the Silver Medal of the Olympics respectively. After his debut in senior team, he has been chosen by the Spain national football team for more than 100 times. For his outstanding performance in the football team, he is regarded as the most influential footballer of the team. When you saw the view of his back in Spain football shirt on football fields, you’ll be moved by his efforts and enthusiasm on goals.

As the most popular sport in Brazil, the Brazil national football team has make great achievements in the past decades. Brazilian culture was heavily affected by the football. In the process of major competitions and international sports events, people of Brazil will skip their work to watch the national team play. Employers will also provide places for employees rather than punish them heavily. Ronaldo de Assis Moreira is one of the most well-known football star of Brazil.

Ronaldo de Assis Moreira was born in Porto Alegre, Brazil on Mar. 21, 1980. Now he is a skillful and experienced footballer of the Brazil national football team and the represents of the Spanish club. Act as an attacking midfielder, forward or winger, most of competitions he participated in was at European clubs Paris Saint-Germain, Barcelona and Milan. Whenever you see his figure in Brazil sportswear on football fields, he is the most extraordinary footballer in competitions. He has participated in 97 international competitions for the Brazil national football team, with 33 goals.

Luján was born on May 11, 1984. He participated the most important football competition for his playing career aged 18 for the first time. In 2004-05 season, he began participating in many football competitions and remained in that team since then. Played as a midfielder for FC Barcelona and a midfielder for the Spain national football team, he was an inevitable member of the Barcelona. His outstanding performance and extraordinary achievements make him into the list of best-paid footballer.

He is generally accepted as one of the best players of his generation and the brilliant footballer of all time for his achievements. From 2001, he caught attention from spectators from across the world for his appearance on to international scene. After as a member of his country at the 2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship, he remained in the team.

At the very beginning, he was played for a team as a defensive midfielder. He progressed as a qualified attacking midfielder for his balance, ball control and agility. Besides his raw talent, his versatility, work ethic and inventiveness are all factors of his success.

Luis Alberto Suárez Díaz was born on Jan. 24, 1987. He is a skillful and veteran footballer of the Uruguayan national football team. As a forward of Spanish club FC Barcelona and Uruguay national team, he was regarded as the best forward around the world. And he was also awarded the name of third-best footballer, second-best footballer and the most excellent forward by The Guardian, Goal and ESPN FC respectively.

Luis Suárez

He started his playing career to work for Nacional from 2003. He transferred to the Netherlands to work for Groningen aged 19. After this stage, he relocated to Ajax in 2007. Although there are some invitations for his participation in qualification for the 2007 U-20 World Cup, but he was not allowed to do so. He is also known for his extraordinary technical ability and brilliant performance on football fields. He has reached sponsorship agreements with German sportswear and equipment supplier – Adidas. He is a permanent excellent footballer for all loyal fans.